The 433 rescued asylum seekers onboard the Norwegian cargo ship MV Tampa on 27 August 2001 as it sat anchored off Christmas Island. The Howard government refused permission to land the asylum seekers on Australian soil. Photograph: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Address by Rod Benson to a meeting of Encore, Morling College, Sydney, 7 September 2012 The world today …
Challenges and opportunities facing Australian voters
Address by Rev. Rod Benson, Ethicist and Public Theologian, Tinsley Institute, Morling College, Sydney, to the Christian Democratic Party National Convention, Merroo, NSW, 9.30am Saturday 11 August 2012 Senator Eric Abetz, Rev the Hon. Fred Nile MLCÂ and other political leaders, my fellow ministers of religion, ladies and gentlemen: We live in interesting times, whether our …
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Speech at launch of Take the Time
I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet tonight, and pay respect to their elders past and present, and I extend that respect to other Indigenous people present here tonight. Greetings from the Baptist Churches of NSW and the ACT, …
Speech on Special Religious Education
Speech by Rod Benson, Public Affairs Director, NSW Council of Churches, to a public meeting for "Save Our Scripture," NSW Parliament, Monday 28 February 2011. There were about 180 people present. For more than 140 years students in NSW state schools have enjoyed access to religious education, a situation that is the envy of my …
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